lagging

IPA: ɫˈægɪŋ

The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
The material so used.
(slang, countable) A prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.

Examples of "lagging" in Sentences

Beware, the jobs market is what we call a lagging indicator.
This is why the number is often referred to as a lagging economic indicator.
Does Michael Steel understand the word lagging or does he think that the public are stupid?
The real reason i think the GOPs are lagging is because they don't have any plans for the future.
But Gray warns men that if they don't start breaking the Martian rules and changing, they will begin lagging behind the competition.
So what this is telling us is that the labor market is continuing to deteriorate and, remember, this is what we call a lagging indicator.
What she wants to do is try to push forward what she describes as a lagging effort to deal with millions and millions of very vulnerable people.
VILES: Investors tend to brush off jobless reports as what they call a lagging indicator, but the jobless rate has never lagged like this before.
Variations in CO2 greenhouse gases of between 7,000 - 380 ppm of atmosphere which show a short-term lagging (800 years) correlation but no long-term leading correlation with the earth's temperature.